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St. Johns County Juvenile Charges after St. Augustine Car Crash

Two kids steal Nissan Pathfinder in St. Augustine

On Tuesday night, two boys in St. Johns County allegedly stole a Nissan Pathfinder from the North Orange Street area. St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has identified the driver as 12-year-old Camry Dirden. The passenger was David Adams, and he is 14-years-old. The vehicle was reported stolen on Tuesday night to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. The St. Augustine Police department found the vehicle “after a description was shared with other law enforcement agencies.” First Coast News of Jacksonville further reported:

“The Pathfinder was traveling in the inside lane on southbound SR 207 at a high rate of speed when the driver attempted to make a last-minute right turn on Holmes Road. Stopped in the left turn lane on Holmes Road was a 2000 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Saquib Raza, 28. The Pathfinder struck the left side of the Jetta, pushing it across two lanes, according to the report. After hitting the Jetta, the Pathfinder continued into a parking lot and was stopped after hitting a sign post.”

“It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, having knowledge that he or she has been ordered to stop such vehicle by a duly authorized law enforcement officer, willfully to refuse or fail to stop the vehicle in compliance with such order or, having stopped in knowing compliance with such order, willfully to flee in an attempt to elude the officer, and a person who violates this subsection commits a felony of the third degree.”

The 12 year old driver may not have had knowledge that he was being ordered to stop. This may be why a fleeing charge was not added.